Historical Bloc and Revolution: The Radical Democratic Interpretation of the Prague Spring of 1968

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Historical Bloc and Revolution: The Radical Democratic Interpretation of the Prague Spring of 1968

Original language description

This chapter explores a question, as to whether Prague Spring of 1968 constituted a revolt, a reform, a revolution, or even a counterrevolution. First, the term “radical democracy” is clarified, in order to elucidate what exactly radical democratic interpretation of the Prague Spring could mean. Then, focusing on Karel Kosík’s particular version of such interpretation, it deals with a question: What types of events can be regarded as “social revolutions”? Third, Kosík’s theory of revolution as well as his phenomenology of revolutionary consciousness is briefly outlined, in order to answer the question: How did revolt from below took shape during the Prague Spring? According to Kosík’s diagnosis the events exposed a political crisis, manifesting—in turn—a much deeper crisis, namely the crisis of politics as such. As a follow-up, I argue that for Kosík this double crisis sparked the politicization of the common citizens and contributed to isolated social groupings gradually growing closer to each other. This was the critical moment in forming a new alliance—a historical bloc—and a new collective subject.

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA16-26686S" target="_blank" >GA16-26686S: Karel Kosík and the Fate of Phenomenological Marxism in East Central Europe</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

The Prague Spring as a Laboratory: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Collegium Carolinum

ISBN

978-3-525-35598-5

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Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

117-141

Publisher name

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Place of publication

Göttingen

Event location

Bad Wiessee

Event date

Oct 26, 2017

Type of event by nationality

EUR - Evropská akce

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